2026 marks ten years of Wysocka and Pogo's partnership as Outer Space Press, and "23" is, in their words, the DNA of the press: 23 of their books were xeroxed for it, 2,026 pages in all, and the page count of "23" is exactly 23% of that total. Inspired by the "23 enigma", which links the number to synchronicity, cosmic coincidence, chaos and fate, and by the Ouroboros, the serpent consuming its own tail, it draws on the DIY and bootleg culture of the 1980s and 90s: the whole layout, editing and printing were done with just two photocopiers, a Xerox WorkCentre 7425 and a Risograph MZ770, without computers. The book is dedicated to the memory of Jodi Stutz, whom the press calls an accidental pioneer of office-machine resistance.